AMD PHENOM X4 9850 BLACK EDITION - OEM £88.99 inc VAT

Fatboy · 3 Mar 2010 at 15:51

An exceptional value Phenom black edition from AMD. A very well priced part to be the start of a buget gamin system or a cheap upgrade to an existing one.

AMD Phenom X4 Quad Core 9850 2.50GHz Black Edition (Socket AM2) - OEM @ £88.99 inc VAT

The AMD Phenom processors are the most advanced processors for true multitasking offering true quad-core design. AMD Phenom processors deliver virtually uninterrupted information flow between processor cores, main memory and graphics and video accelerators for amazingly rapid system response and phenomenal system performance.

AMD releases the new AMD Phenom™ 9850 Black Edition quad-core processor with Clock Multiplier Control for tunable performance. The newest Black Edition processor can improve platform performance by unlocking the potential of AMD OverDrive™– the industry’s most powerful Windows-based performance tuning utility.

- True Quad-core Desktop Processor
- Unlocked Multiplier for the ultimate overclocking flexibility
- 2.50GHz clock speed
- 2MB L2 cache
- 2MB L3 cache
- DDR2-1066 support
- 65nm process technology
- Integrated Memory Controller
- Fast Hypertransport 3.0 technology
- Cool & Quiet v2.0
- Please note this is an OEM part and does not come with a heatsink.

Only £88.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

Tiamat21 · 3 Mar 2010 at 15:59

May sound stupid, but whats the "Intel equivalent" of a black edition CPU?
Is it the D0 stepping ones?

King Arthur · 3 Mar 2010 at 16:03

An i5 probably.

Phil

PermaBanned · 3 Mar 2010 at 16:07

Damn, where did you get Phenom Is from? At that price it should be interesting to see how they stack up against the Athlon II X4s... shame about the incompatibility with AM3 though.

Shakeel · 3 Mar 2010 at 16:23

whats the cheapest motherboards these will work with. please provide a link im looking ot get one for a freind

PermaBanned · 3 Mar 2010 at 16:24

Shakeel said:
whats the cheapest motherboards these will work with. please provide a link im looking ot get one for a freind

Cheapest?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-370-AS

King Arthur · 3 Mar 2010 at 16:24

Try this Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Phil

reflux · 3 Mar 2010 at 16:24

Tiamat21 said:
May sound stupid, but whats the "Intel equivalent" of a black edition CPU?
Is it the D0 stepping ones?

Black Edition = Extreme Edition but AMD can't charge much for these because they're not as good as Intel's stuff.

Slackworth · 3 Mar 2010 at 16:34

reflux said:
Black Edition = Extreme Edition but AMD can't charge much for these because they're not as good as Intel's stuff.

They might not be as good but at this price they're a bargain! A 9850 would easily run pretty much anything out there.

PermaBanned · 3 Mar 2010 at 16:41

Although on second thoughts these look just a tiny bit better than a 620, with the 630 and the 635 blowing it away. This is at stock, but unless you have a motherboard that doesn't support AM3 CPUs i'd say save on the power and heat and get an Athlon II.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=29&p2=106&c=1

theron · 3 Mar 2010 at 20:39

King Arthur said:
An i5 probably.

Phil

had a quick look on Toms Hardware, in their 3dmark vantage cpu test it seems to be well below any core i5 cpu. its about 3000 points below a core i5 661.

given that the 9850 is about 2 yrs old now thats not too surprising.

good price for what u get i guess, though i remember these really struggling to get above 3ghz when overclocking.

Tiamat21 · 3 Mar 2010 at 20:58

theron said:
had a quick look on Toms Hardware, in their 3dmark vantage cpu test it seems to be well below any core i5 cpu. its about 3000 points below a core i5 661.

given that the 9850 is about 2 yrs old now thats not too surprising.

good price for what u get i guess, though i remember these really struggling to get above 3ghz when overclocking.

In all fairness though, Intel chips have always been known to way above AMD's in graphics and calculations, while AMD (for price) is better for gaming rigs.

King Arthur · 3 Mar 2010 at 20:59

Not sure if we'll do a overclocked bundle around these but if we do it'll be a really good budget chip. Good performance for the money though

Phil

Jae-So · 3 Mar 2010 at 21:46

be suprising to see an overclock bundle, I had one and they never overclocked to well, would be awesome to see what you can get em up to, I only barely managed 3Ghz

King Arthur · 3 Mar 2010 at 22:15

We got special skills

Phil

Jae-So · 3 Mar 2010 at 22:17

^ teach me

I might have to apply to u guys after I finish my computing degree lol

seldNofSparta · 3 Mar 2010 at 22:28

i had a one of these quad am2 chips and they were never any good. Constant low fps issues in games, ended up going intel straight after.

King Arthur · 3 Mar 2010 at 22:28

I cant sorry, we're sworn to secrecy, it like the magic circle but for overclockers lol

Phil

Shakeel · 3 Mar 2010 at 22:39

King Arthur said:
Not sure if we'll do a overclocked bundle around these but if we do it'll be a really good budget chip. Good performance for the money though

Phil

how do you decide on what parts to include in a bundle?

Tainted- · 3 Mar 2010 at 22:42

Would this run on and AM2+ Mobo, namely the Foxconn Destroyer?

Seems like a good deal.